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Fri, Nov 29, 2019·TD Garden, Boston

New York Rangers 2, Boston Bruins 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 58% of the time.

BOS winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR1111110600228
BOS071811111327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 14:14NYRPavel BuchnevichAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:21NYRFilip ChytilAssists: Ryan Strome, Artemi Panarin · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:28BOSSean KuralyAssists: Jake DeBrusk, Brandon Carlo · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:27BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: David Krejci, Jake DeBrusk · Snap, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:40BOSDavid KrejciGWGAssists: David Pastrnak, Jaroslav Halak · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 12:09BOSSean Kuraly: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 2:30BOSConnor Clifton: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:51NYRBrendan Smith: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 10:51BOSCharlie McAvoy: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 12:52BOSMatt Grzelcyk: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 13:51BOSSean Kuraly: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 10:35NYRBrendan Smith: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 12:58BOSPar Lindholm: High sticking double minor4 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
45% to win55% to win
← NYR attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Krejci
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRBOS
28Shots on goal27
2.3Expected goals2.0
48Shot attempts46
26Faceoffs won27
6Power plays1
7Penalty minutes17
17Hits26
10Blocked shots7
11Giveaways9
7Takeaways9

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – Panarin – Chytil11:11

    xG 0.71–0.58 (55%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  2. Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich11:36

    xG 0.29–0.21 (58%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  3. Lemieux – Howden – Kakko8:04

    xG 0.10–0.58 (15%)attempts 5–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Skjei – Trouba12:45

    xG 0.38–0.35 (53%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  2. DeAngelo – Hajek9:49

    xG 0.44–0.55 (44%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1

  3. Fox – Lindgren9:45

    xG 0.28–0.39 (41%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKuraly – DeBrusk – Studnicka2:34

    xG 0.47–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 1–0

  2. Coyle – DeBrusk – Studnicka3:44

    xG 0.27–0.07 (80%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Wagner – Nordstrom – Lindholm6:48

    xG 0.30–0.17 (63%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  4. Kuraly – Heinen – Bjork3:57

    xG 0.08–0.01 (89%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKrug – Carlo9:35

    xG 0.76–0.11 (88%)attempts 14–4goals 1–0

  2. Chara – Carlo2:46

    xG 0.19–0.01 (96%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Krug – McAvoy4:18

    xG 0.30–0.13 (70%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

BOS 2.0 xGNYR 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

BOS's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line BOS is favoured, below it NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 72/100 · #301 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 58% of the time.

BOS winsNYR wins

Simulated goal difference (BOS − NYR), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).